Yau Tsim Mong District

Yau Tsim Mong redirects here. For the football team, see Yau Tsim Mong Football Team.

Yau Tsim Mong
Area - square metre
District emblem:
Location within Hong Kong (Satellite image)
District Council Chairman	Chung Kong-mo
Constituencies	16
Land	km²
Water	km²
Population -
Total (2006^[update])	280,548
Density	40,136/km²
Official website	Yau Tsim Mong District Council

Yau Tsim Mong District (simplified Chinese: 油尖旺区; traditional Chinese: 油尖旺區; pinyin: Yóujiānwàng Qū, Jyutping: jau4 zim1 wong6 keoi1) is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on western Kowloon peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the third highest population density of all districts. The 2006 By-Census recorded the total population of Yau Tsim Mong District at 280,548.

Formerly two districts, the Yau Tsim District and Mong Kok District, it was combined in 1994 as an acronym of three of its major areas: Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Mong Kok.

1 Areas within the district include
2 Transportation
- 2.1 Major roads
3 Universities
4 See also
5 External links

Areas within the district include

Kowloon Peninsula (West)
Tai Kok Tsui		Prince Edward
MTR Olympic Station	Mong Kok
Mong Kok West	Yau Ma Tei
MTR Kowloon Station	Jordan Kwun Chung	King's Park
Sea	Tsim Sha Tsui	Tsim Sha Tsui East

Transportation

Six MTR lines serve this district: the Tsuen Wan Line, Kwun Tong Line, Tung Chung Line, East Rail Line, West Rail Line and the Airport Express.

Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line converge from the north at Prince Edward Station, then Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei where Kwun Tong Line terminates. Tsuen Wan Line continued to Jordan and Tsim Sha Tsui stations before crossing the harbour to Hong Kong Island.
Tung Chung Line has two stations along the west coast: Kowloon near Jordan and Olympic near Tai Kok Tsui. The former station is also served by the Airport Express.
East Rail Line has a station in Mong Kok East, while Hung Hom is on the boundary between Yau Tsim Mong and Kowloon City districts.
As for the West Rail Line, an extension has been opened to East Tsim Sha Tsui station, with a sub-surface passenger walkway to Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the Tsuen Wan Line. All three MTR stations in this district sees (and will see) some trains terminating. East Tsim Sha Tsui used to be served by the East Rail Line until it was transferred to the West Rail Line in 2009. Now the West Rail Line and East Rail Line interchange at Hung Hom.

Major roads

Universities

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

External links

Districts of Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island	Central and Western Eastern Southern Wan Chai

Kowloon and New Kowloon	Kowloon City Kwun Tong Sham Shui Po Wong Tai Sin Yau Tsim Mong

New Territories (excluding New Kowloon)	Islands Kwai Tsing North Sai Kung Sha Tin Tai Po Tsuen Wan Tuen Mun Yuen Long